Artist presentations 3

The final session of Artist Presentation are shown here.  

Leslie also showed some samples of her work.  Gorgeous hand dyed fabrics including cotton velvets. The dyed velvet has a super soft and luxurious look and feel!!  Leslie gets her cotton velvet from Fabricana in Vancouver.  They will mail order too!!

Winter Houses

Notice the house reflections in the water!

More water reflections.  

And even more reflections!  Stunning works.
We are all inspired for the Botanical Reflection show now!!

Leslie and Vivian show 'flags' they made

Janet's Botanical Reflections piece.

Elaine showing details of her work.

Elaine's cyanotype prints that she created and made into a quilt!

Christina talking to Willy and Rosalind about her work.

One of Christina's 'colour' pieces.

Artist Presentations 2

Willy's fibre creation, "I'm Still Me", created after her husband's stroke.

FAN members admiring Coreen's "Geese and Ducks" fibre art.

FAN members taking a close up of Artist Presenters works.

Val with a historic piece.

"Geese and Ducks" by Coreen, photo by Don

Coreen holding "Boo"

Jaynie holding "Lilac Leaf" with tongue and cheek names.

Michelle with a prairie piece.

Vicki with a reflective piece based on her mother.

Into the Light by Cathy Ugrin used in a Suicide Awareness Program.

Jenny holding her Botanical Reflection piece.

Jenny with her llama.

Zentangles Workshop

Large Zentangle creation done by Carol Graham as a sample
as she taught the FAN members a bit about Zentangle designs.

All the FAN members zentangles put together as a group.

Carol showing some of her Zentangle inspired creations.  Notice the decorated iPad cover, coffee go-mug,  and gourde.

Artist Presentations 1

At the FAN Retreat one of the biggest portions of the networking is to share artistic ideas.  With this in mind each artist has an opportunity to present.  These Artist Presentations are the highlight of the retreat.

Debbie showing her pice created as an imbedded artist.

Terry and her piece "Star Trails".

Karlie showing her journal that she keeps all the pieces to each piece of fibre art she creates.

Susan showing and explaining her use of cheese cloth.

Pat explaining her Relic Containers.

Yvonne explaining that her interest in fibre art began with a One Block Wonder.

Judith explaining her hexagon bee piece.

Mary's serene piece is a hit.

Thelma showing off the new FAN scarves for members to wear when tending an exhibit.

Marj assisting Kathy by holding one of her hand stamped fabrics.

Marj (left) showing her partners oil painting and Kathy (right) holding Marj's fibre piece.

Rosalind's fibre piece up close.

Susan holding Rosalind's fibre piece.

Linda showing and explaining her six feet tall piece through a Power Point.

Linda's interesting prints of buildings and her subsequent art works.

Runs With Scissors Sale

Shopping at Heidi's pop-up "Run's With Scissor" boutique at the FAN Retreat.

Mary and Yvonne checking out the items for sale.
Notice Heidi's fibre piece (in progress) hanging on the back wall.

Discussion Carousel

One of the networking activities at the FAN Retreat, was to break into small groups and discuss four different questions that are all pertinent to fibre artists.

1.  How do you price your art?

2.  How do you maintain your focus and creativity?

3.  How do you manage your time?

4.  How do you decide which shows you will enter?

This activity was done as a carousel.  Each group discussed one topic for about 15 minutes and then rotated to the next table, read what the previous group wrote down and added more of their own ideas.  This carousel rotation was done four times until each group got through the four questions.  A great brainstorming strategy where all members should feel free to speak up.

Karlie, Elaine, Paulette and Karen discussing, "How to price your art." discussion question.

Leslie, Thelma, Janet and Vivian discussing another of the four carousel questions.

Jenny, Michelle, Jaynie and Lesley into a deep discussion.

Yvonne C, Terry, Linda, Yvonne BW, and Helen discussing creativity.

Willy's Show at the Gwen Fox Gallery

The FAN group traveled to the Gwen Fox Gallery to visit Willy Carlton's show.  This show is very touching.  As usual, Willy's works are all very unique and use a wide variety of fibre arts.

Jaynie visiting with Willy as she explains one of her pieces at the Gwen Fox Gallery.

The poem that accompanies the following fibre art piece.

Widow's Maze art piece by Willy Carlton.

Willy explaining her piece.

The poem to go with Make Music at my Funeral.

Willy with her Five Stages of Grief art works.

Information explaining the five stages of grief.